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October New Release from Our Daily Bread Designs

By KariV on October 1, 2018 in Paper Crafting

Hello! I’m so excited to show you some of the October new release products from Our Daily Bread Designs! This month brings some fun Christmas themed products and a fantastic Diorama Die! Have you ever made a Diorama card? They are so much fun to build scenes with lots of dimensional layers.

Here are are few of the Diorama Cards I made:

I used these new products on this diorama card: Diorama with Layers, Neighborhood border die, Icicle border die. And this is kind of like a box card, where you can fold it down to fit into an A6 size envelope for mailing! So cool!

This card uses the Diorama Card and Bethlehem dies (the Bethlehem dies include the buildings and the palm trees! I love those palm trees). I used Distress Oxide ink to add color to the very back of the diorama, and I used paper from this pack to add to the front.

I love that the Diorama with Layers die includes an option to cut an OVAL front OR a SQUARE front! Did you notice that the fronts on each of these two cards was a different shaped opening?! What a brilliant design for this die.

And here are the Three Wisemen with the Bethlehem border in the background. These wisemen are so beautifully detailed. The star is from a previous release called Holy Night die.

But these products can also be used to create a regular card:

Here I colored up those Wisemen with Copic markers and added an inked background with a sentiment from the Christmas Verses set. Here’s a close up of those wisemen with their wonderful robes:

Such a fun release! There are a lot more products in this release…so don’t stop here!
For more inspiration and to see all the new products, visit the Our Daily Bread Designs blog here.

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Silver Embossed, Monochromatic Cards

By KariV on September 27, 2018 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I’m up on the Hedgehog Hollow blog to share with you some easy and beautiful monochromatic cards.
I used silver embossing powder and colored pencils to get this fun look:

Head on over to The Hedgehog Hollow here to get all the details! Thanks for stopping by. 🙂

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Drum Lever Card

By KariV on September 26, 2018 in Paper Crafting

Hello there! I have another fun Lever Card using the drum stamp from this stamp set.

I love this Lever Card and the Lever Card Layers, which allows you to easily cut patterned paper to make layers on your card.

I used the new papers from Our Daily Bread Designs called Notable Notes paper pad. So many fun papers to choose from in this set!

That’s all for me today. Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Musical Piano cards

By KariV on September 21, 2018 in Paper Crafting

Hello there! Today I have some fun Musical Piano cards for you. I cannot get enough of this Piano Die from Our Daily Bread Designs.

I’ve already shared some black glossy piano cards, so today I thought I’d share some other colors. First up is this cream piano, complete with a saxophone accompaniment!

I gold embossed that saxophone on the piano and added some musical notes. To add more color, I ink blended the background with Distress Oxide over this music stamp.

Next, I have this wood grain piano with lots of colors!

This is such a fun set…can you imagine what colors of pianos you can make?! I saw a beautiful powder blue piano on google, and even a RED piano! And some with rainbow colored piano keys!

For some small cards, I cut down some cards to a square 4 1/4″ and just used the keyboards on these.

But even though I didn’t use the top portion (lid) of the grand piano die….I still used it as a STENCIL to get those great lines on the cards! Check out this short video I posted on Instagram to see what I mean here.

I hope you enjoyed these projects today. Thanks so much for stopping by!

To see more inspiration and projects using these musical products, visit the Our Daily Bread Designs here.

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Watercolor Pens with the Bountiful Blooms set

By KariV on September 20, 2018 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I’m sharing a project on the Hedgehog Hollow blog that is rather unusual for me. I’m creating a messy watercolor look using the Watercolor Pens and the Bountiful Blooms set from the September Hedgehog Hollow Box. Here’s a sneak peek:

I used all four colors included in the set and a watercolor brush to move that color around, but you could just as easily use a small paintbrush and a little bit of water.

All the details and the VIDEO tutorial are up on the Hedgehog Hollow blog here. So click now to check out just how easy this card style can be!

Thanks for stopping by!

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